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doyly carte opera company - a maiden fair to see lyrics

a maiden fair to see,
the pearl of minstrelsy,
a bud of blushing beauty;
for whom proud n-bles sigh,
and with each other vie
to do her menial’s duty.
all. to do her menial’s duty.

a suitor, lowly born,
with hopeless p-ssion torn,
and poor beyond denying,
has dared for her to pine
at whose exalted shrine
a world of wealth is sighing.
all. a world of wealth is sighing.

unlearned he in aught
save that which love has taught
(for love had been his tutor);
oh, pity, pity me–
our captain’s daughter she,
and i that lowly suitor!
all. and he that lowly suitor!

boat. ah, my poor lad, you’ve climbed too high: our
worthy
captain’s child won’t have nothin’ to say to a poor
chap like
you. will she, lads?
all. no, no.
d-ck. no, no, captains’ daughters don’t marry foremast
hands.
all (recoiling from him). shame! shame!
boat. d-ck deadeye, them sentiments o’ yourn are a
disgrace
to our common natur’.
ralph. but it’s a strange anomaly, that the daughter of
a
man who hails from the quarter-deck may not love
another who lays
out on the fore-yard arm. for a man is but a man,
whether he
hoists his flag at the main-truck or his slacks on the
main-deck.
d-ck. ah, it’s a queer world!
ralph. d-ck deadeye, i have no desire to press hardly
on
you, but such a revolutionary sentiment is enough to
make an
honest sailor shudder.
boat. my lads, our gallant captain has come on deck;
let us
greet him as so brave an officer and so gallant a
seaman
deserves.

- doyly carte opera company lyrics

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